THE ROLLING STONES' BEGGARS BANQUET SIGNED BY 5 C/W COA
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THE ROLLING STONES' BEGGARS BANQUET 12" VINYL LP HAND SIGNED BY MICK JAGGER, KEITH RICHARDS, BRIAN JONES, CHARLIE WATTS AND BILL WYMAN COMES COMPLETE WITH A COA. THE VINYL AND LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE SLEEVE HAS A STICKER MARK IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER. A FANTASTIC PIECE OF MUSIC HISTORY AND ONE THAT DOES'NT COME ALONG VERY OFTEN.
Following the long sessions for the previous album in 1967 and the departure of producer and manager Andrew Loog Oldham, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards hired producer Jimmy Miller, who had produced the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic. The partnership would prove to be a success and Miller would work with the band until 1973.
In March, the band began recording their new album, aiming for a July release. One of the first tracks cut, "Jumpin' Jack Flash", was released as a single only in May 1968, becoming a major hit.
Beggars Banquet was Brian Jones' last full effort with the Rolling Stones. In addition to his slide guitar on "No Expectations", he played harmonica on "Dear Doctor", "Parachute Woman" (together with Mick Jagger) and "Prodigal Son", sitar and tambura on "Street Fighting Man", and mellotron on the "Heroin"-influenced "Stray Cat Blues".
By June, the sessions were nearly completed in England, with some final overdubbing and mixing to be done in Los Angeles during July. However, both Decca Records in England and London Records in the US rejected the planned cover design - a graffiti-covered lavatory wall. The band initially refused to change the cover, resulting in several months' delay in the release of the album. By November, however, the Rolling Stones gave in, allowing the album to be released in December with a simple white cover imitating an invitation card. (The letters R.S.V.P. that appear on this version of the cover are an abbreviation of the French phrase répondez, s'il vous plaît, which means "please respond".) The idea of a plain album cover was also implemented by The Beatles for their eponymous white-sleeved double-album, which was released one month prior to Beggars Banquet. This similarity, coupled with Beggars Banquet's later release, garnered the Rolling Stones accusations of imitating the Beatles. In 1984, the original cover art was released with the initial CD remastering of Beggars Banquet.
